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- Jul 18, 2017
Yes, it's standard. You save the big ask for last or the out their legal theory. Conversely you always open with your most solid demand so that the reader (like the judge) isn't immediately rolling their eyes.Best not to look like you're jumping at technicalities and demanding a dismissal at every point against a poor little pro se gnat. I think he's got the right order of escalation, to let the court choose how annoyed it is with Russel: order advancement of the case, order a conference to force compliance (and making the delaying plaintiff pay for it), then maybe order a dismissal.
In this case that would be the court just ordering Russel to do his job as the plaintiff. If they did that FIRST and then dismissed for failure to prosecute then Russ would be far less likely to win another appeal.
Still holding out hope for the digital scheduling conference where Russ will have to appear on a zoom call for us all to watch.